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===Founding of Ramakrishna Math===
{{Main|Baranagar Math}}
After Ramakrishna's death, support from devotees and admirers diminished. Unpaid rent accumulated, forcing Narendra and the other disciples to look for a new place to live.{{Sfn|Sil|1997|pp=46–47}} Many returned home, adopting a ''[[Grihastha]]'' (family-oriented) way of life.{{Sfn|Banhatti|1995|p=18}} Narendra decided to convert a dilapidated house at [[Baranagar]] into a new ''math'' (monastery) for the remaining disciples. Rent for the Baranagar Math was low, and was raised by ''mādhukarī'' (holy begging). It became the first building of the [[Ramakrishna Math]], the monastery of the [[Monasticism|monastic order]] of [[Ramakrishna]].{{Sfn|Prabhananda|2003|p=232}} Narendra and other disciples used to spend many hours practicing [[meditation]] and religious austerities every day.{{Sfn|Nikhilananda|1953|p=40}} Narendra recalled the early days of practice in the monastery:{{Sfn|Chetananda|1997|p=38}}
{{blockquote|We used to get up at 3:00&nbsp;am and become absorbed in ''[[japa]]'' and meditation. What a strong spirit of detachment we had in those days! We had no thought even as to whether the world existed or not.}}

In 1887, Narendra compiled a Bengali song anthology named ''[[Sangeet Kalpataru]]'' with Vaishnav Charan Basak. Narendra collected and arranged most of the songs in this compilation, but unfavourable circumstances prevented its completion.{{Sfn|Chattopadhyaya|1999|p=33}}